The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-06-03
From zehadon Hill. Hardeman cc

From zebadon Hill. 4ardeman Co.
Dear EdiCor-Since farm organ
izatiOn has been agitated, 1 have
been strongly impressed with the
language of Pope. In his essay on
man, he says: "Those who think
will govern those who toi,". The
farmer is certainly the most down
trodden man that now lives He
is demineered by every combina~
ton on the globe. And yet he is
the propeIling power that runs all
other professions. Lawyers are COM
bined-merchants are combined
mechanics are Gem bined-locCers
are combined; and, Mr.. Editor, they
are all com bined against the men
who fell the trees-who make the
rails who clear away the forest
who till the soil-and who garner
the crops. When ne gamers his
crop, it is for The pocket of the
merchants. Il takes it all to pay
that infamous percent which is
charged on account of the devihs h
credit system.
Now the farmers have commenced
to come together. They are all mad.
They remember the shameful inns
positions which have been put off
upon them. They remember the
sham shoes which have been put off
on them by the Northern and Eas-
tern shoe-makers.
Here ne goes sewing with
His bristles and awl;
He'll SOW on the sole one
Inch at a clip,
And swear to the farmer
That shoe will never rip.
Now comes the organized black
smiths who band and screw together
machinery tor us, yes more:
Here's the cid blacksmsth,
III tell you right now,
1t always tor him that
We must allow,
He'll shoe your old horse
And mend your old pillow,
At the end of the year
He'll takeJsur best COW.
Look, Mr. Editor. at the doctors.
They fill an ounce vial two-thirds
full of water, the other third with
physic and charge you so cents for
1t. He knows there is not more than
D cents worth of medicine in it.
Hele's the old doctor
I'd like to have forgot.
l believe in my soul
He is the worst of the flock,
He promises to cure
For half you possess,
And whom you are dead
He'll take all the rest.
Mr.. Bulletin, why is it the mer-
chants are so hot at the farmers for
organizing in or Ter to mutually assist
each other? | am informed that one
Of our merchants said that the whole
Wheel concern is composed Of grand
rascals, and ought to be in h well
place that does not freeze over
Perhaps, we might excuse him as he
often gets full Of benzine tanglefoot,
The Bulletin seems to think that
TIE farmers ought to organize, but
does not see how they can be bene-
fitted by concentrating their trade
to one house. Well, Mr.. Bulletin,
there is no one so blind as that one
who will no see. There was a man
who went to hunt his black bull. He
met a man and said to him: Have
you seen my big black buil?" The
man answered, Nc! and if had
a seen him, l wouldn't a seen him."
Don't let The merchants buff
you out of defend
ing the rights of the farmer. We
all like you, and we know you were
raised on farm, The mel chants
at Jackson tried TO bulldozs the ed
itors there, but Mr.. Ruff was there.
and there to see them.
Now, we want farmers for the
legislature. Ii our legislatures were
filed with farmers instead OF LAWYERS
we would not have infamous rail-
road debts to pay off. These law
yers get up everything in the inter-
est OF bondholders, railroads. and